/ Sean St. Clair, president of Oregon Tech American Association of University Professors (AAUP), is hoping for a settlement with university administration any day but offered no guarantees on Monday, in what is the second week of a historic strike at the university.
The faculty union and university administration say a deal could come any day now, but the union insists that, until then, the strike will continue.
Negotiations were expected to edge closer to a contract on Monday morning, as the strike of Oregon Tech faculty reaches its second week at the Klamath Falls and Wilsonville campuses. But the faculty union Oregon Tech American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said university officials won’t budge on the union s pay proposal and that no deal had been reached by Monday afternoon.
Union members on strike after stalled contract negotiations with OIT
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First public college strike in Oregon state history begins in Klamath Falls
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As strike deadline approaches, Oregon Tech officials seek state injunction to prevent walkout
Approximately 200 full-time faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) in Klamath Falls in southern Oregon may strike on April 26 if an agreement is not reached between the university and Oregon Tech-American Association of University Professors (OT-AAUP). The union said 92 percent of members voted in favor of the strike authorization on April 2, with nearly the entire membership taking part in the vote.
In a last minute effort to block a strike, management has sought an injunction with the Oregon Employment Relations Board. OIT has also filed an unfair labor relations complaint against the OIT-AAUP, claiming failure to bargain in good faith. The union said its lawyer was reviewing the OIT filing, calling it a “delay tactic.”